A couple more photos from the flower shoot last week. It is interesting to see the detail in flowers… It is also fun to play with depth of field… Technical to follow…. Depth of field is the range of “acceptable Read More …

So I picked up a Nikon D500 from a friend last week. For a number of technical issues1 I was concerned the image quality would not be up to my old D610. I was wrong. This image would not have Read More …

A friend asked me for help making a Photoshop collage of her playing on a cosmic pool table (she is into cosplay). It was quite fun, and I got some ideas for images with my own photos. I have been Read More …

There is a genre of painting called photorealism or even hyperrealism, where a painter tries to make a painting look like a photograph. I tend to take photographs that are trying to look like a painting… Most of my work has Read More …

Victoria has a lot of great hidden gems, “The City of Gardens” has a ton of parks, natural areas, and of course gardens. It also has some interesting architecture.On that last note, I can’t believe I have never1 photographed the Read More …

sometimes it is worth going back over your images. Sometimes something that did not seem that great will grow on you. Sometimes you will be able to see a different way to approach an image. Of course sometimes an image may Read More …

My son and I went for a walk down to China Beach the other day, and while I may post other images of the walk later, I was intrigued by this close-up of spider webs on the cliff face. What are Read More …

I want to submit two images to the Sooke Art Show this summer, and I cannot decide between two “second choices”I know I want to submit this imageBut I can’t decide between the following two…. Thematically this one is the opposite of Read More …